HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Baltic States, Pacta Sunt Servanda, Anschluss
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All nations fell into one of two classes. One class is those who favoured the peace settlement of 1919. And those who wished to revise it. States that lost demanded more equity and access to markets. France led the first group, with the french army, the gold standards; they thought they would guarantee the stability of europe. Poland was recreated, czechoslovakia, romania, yugoslavia benefited from the treaties. They formed an alliance with one another and with france. These states wanted to maintain the treaties. Holland, portugal, denmark, switzerland, belgium- holland, portugal, and belgium relied on the. Germany lost 1/8 of its european territory, in addition to its colonies, as well 1/10 of its population. Austrians and hungarians formerly the privileged groups of the hapsburg empire. Also italy was on the revisionist side, due to being unsatisfied for the gains made for participation in wwi.